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The History of India begins with the Indus Valley Civilization, which flourished in the north-western part of the Indian subcontinent from 2600 to 2000 BC. This Bronze Age civilization was followed by the Iron Age Vedic period, which witnessed the rise of major kingdoms known as the Mahajanapadas, in two of which — in the 6th century BC — Mahavira and Gautama Buddha were born. The subcontinent was united under the Maurya Empire during the 4th and 3rd centuries BC, but subsequently became fragmented, with various parts ruled by numerous Middle kingdoms for the next ten centuries. Its northern regions were united once again in the 4th century AD, and remained so for two centuries thereafter, under the Gupta Empire — a period known as the "Golden Age of India." During the same time, and for several centuries afterwards, South India, under the rule of the Chalukyas, Cholas, Pallavas and Pandyas, experienced its own golden age, during which Hinduism and Buddhism spread to much of south-east Asia. | |
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The Indus Valley Civilization (c. 3300–1700 BC, flowered 2600–1900 BCE), abbreviated IVC, was an ancient riverine civilization that flourished in the Indus and Ghaggar-Hakra river valleys in what is now Pakistan and northwestern India. Another name for this civilization is the Harappan Civilization, after the first excavated city of Harappa. Although IVC might have been known to the Sumerians as Meluhha, the modern world discovered it only in the 1920s as a result of archaeological excavations. The IVC is a likely candidate for a Proto-Dravidian culture. Alternatively, Proto-Munda, Proto-Indo-Iranian or a "lost phylum" are sometimes suggested for the language of the IVC. The civilization is sometimes referred to as the Indus Ghaggar-Hakra civilization or the Indus-Saraswati civilization. The appellation, Indus-Saraswati is based on the possible identification of the Ghaggar-Hakra River with the ancient Saraswati river of the Rig Veda, however, this usage is disputed. The ruins of Harappa were first described by Charles Masson in his Narrative of Various Journeys in Balochistan, Afghanistan and Punjab, 1826-1838; however, its significance was not realized until much later. Moreover, in 1857, British engineers unwittingly employed bricks from the Harappa ruins in the construction of the East Indian Railway line connecting Karachi and Lahore. | |
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